Software Project Escalation and De-escalation: What Do We Know?

Cutter IT Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5-11

  Keil, Mark ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MONITORING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PROBLEM RECOGNITION; STAKEHOLDERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0346686376     PISSN: 15227383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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